Day #292 - Practice makes perfect...

...and the man's wasting no time practicing his relaxing skills and getting into this retirement thing.

Day #291 - Retirement benefit...

Lew is retiring - tomorrow is his last day. Today his company/co-workers had a retirement party for him and along with a generous gift card, gave him this GPS. Isn't that cool? He's been playing with it for awhile - I think he likes it. ;)

Day #290 - Seasonal colors...

In spite of the goofy summer weather we're still having, I've been putting out more seasonal decorations. This little pretty lives on the kitchen table during the fall months.

Day #289 - Furry fauna ...

The fauna were restless in my yard today. Between the birds and the squirrels, my beasties were going nuts. This little guy was especially busy and spent a good bit of the day digging, eating, and burying acorns right outside the door while the cats stalked it from inside.

Day #288 - Ooops...

My oxygen man came today to check the concentrator, deliver some full O2 tanks, and pick up some empties. He conscientously went about his work, we chatted a bit, and he left. He called a couple hours later... ooops, he forgot his O2 meter and bag of other tools of the trade.

Day #287 - Birdie berries...

As I looked out the window this morning, I noticed gobs of birds almost fighting to get into the dogwood tree. Now I know why. It's absolutely covered in these juicy red berries... I've never seen it with so many. Our feathered friends are feasting!

Day #286 - Sunny flowers...

Lookit what we found! While we were out and about today, on a road we don't travel that often, we came across an entire field of sunflowers! It was just a huuuuge mass of happy yellow faces - really an awesome sight. Several others had stopped to take pictures too, and one lady I talked to, who has lived nearby for six years and traveled that road regularly, had never seen them before.

Maybe whoever planted them is going into the sunflower seed business - they'll sure have one heck of a harvest!

Day #285 - A man and his mouse...

Me, messing with my camera, taking a shot of Lew messing with his computer...

Day #284 - Decisions, decisions...

We're having a terrible time finding an area rug we like for the new family room. Today we discovered we could kind of make our own, or at least choose our own colors to go on pre-designed rugs. At the moment, we're going with the lighter brown (Canyon) for the body of the rug with Fudge, Ivory, and/or Black as the accent colors. Now we just have to decide on a design...

Day #283 - You CAN teach an old dog new tricks...

We've recently started roasting a variety of veggies, and oh my, what a delightful change from the traditional steamed, boiled, stir-fry, etc. methods. I don't even like squash, but want to try a recipe that sounded good, soooo...

Day #282 - A penny for your thoughts...

...and that's how it all started.

There have been two pennies under my pillow every night since I uttered those words to Lew 26 years ago. He's a keeper. :)

Day #281 - Sun beauty...

My beastie girl, Zoey, in a favorite sunny spot, soaking up the rays and warming her belly.

Day #280 - Scarecrow season...

This smiley guy gets hauled out of storage every year about this time to brighten up the front of the house and watch over the pumpkins.

And a bonus photo - this is what I did with some of the subject in yesterday's photo - yummy apple bread.

More on the odd little cart...

Okay, here's the story of the cart photo I posted on October 2. It's an eighteenth century Chinese cart. Don't know what kind of cart, just a cart to transport stuff, people, whatever. I just knew it was some kind of Asian something!!

Anyway, according to the store owner, it's not for sale. He keeps it as a landmark and to draw attention to the store... and it works! He said it creates a lot of interest... someone in the Midwest has a picture of it on his blog too! lol :D